The 10-Minute Express Clean For Your Kitchen

You've finished dinner and your favorite show is starting soon. Here's how to get everything spotless and put away, so you can be on the couch in time for the opening credits.

By Lynn Andriani

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Woman With Leukemia Finds Dad Through Facebook, But She May Get More Than Just A Reunion

An Argentine woman with leukemia has been reunited with her father after 18 years, and he may be able to help her out.

Malen Gaynor, 39, turned to Facebook to search for her father after doctors told her she needed to find a bone marrow donor, Spanish news agency EFE reports. Her chemotherapy treatments were proving ineffective, and physicians told her she needed a bone marrow transplant to increase her chances of survival.

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Who's Got The Best Instagram Account In Fashion? The CFDA Is Here To Tell You (UPDATED)

UPDATED: We have a winner! Patrick Janelle (@aguynamedpatrick) has been named Instagrammer of the Year!

"I take every aspect of a shot into consideration: color, composition, context of the image to the message, and even the way the image will look in my overall feed."

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U.S. Bishops Call For Reduction On Carbon Pollution

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) called on the Environmental Protection Agency to combat climate change in a May 29 letter. It specifically focused on the issue of carbon pollution, particularly from power plants.

?The USCCB recognizes the importance of finding means to reduce carbon pollution,? said Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami. ?These standards should protect the health and welfare of all people, especially children, the elderly, as well as poor and vulnerable communities, from harmful pollution emitted from power plants and from the impacts of climate change.?

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In Treating Some Cancer Patients, Less May Be More

By Deena Beasley

CHICAGO, May 30 (Reuters) - Doctors can scale back treatment for certain cancer patients, based on evidence that some drugs can be used less frequently, according to new information that is clearing the way for physicians to limit the risks of care.

Several studies backing up this "less-is-more" strategy, which can also lower the cost of care, were presented on Friday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago.

Patients with breast cancer that has spread to the bone, for instance, are often treated with monthly intravenous infusions of a class of drugs known as bisphosphonates, such as zoledronic acid, that protect against fractures and other bone problems. Zoledronic acid is sold by Novartis AG under the brand name Zometa.

Researchers at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston found that women with breast cancer and bone metastasis can, after the first year of monthly bisphosphonate treatment, safely scale back to receiving the drug every three months. The change could lower the risk of kidney problems as well as a rare, but serious side effect in which parts of the jawbones weaken and die.

"We found that less frequent treatment may reduce the risk of serious side effects, with added benefits in reduced patient inconvenience and cost," lead study author Dr. Gabriel Hortobagyi said in a statement.

A separate study funded by the National Institutes of Health found that certain patients with head and neck cancer linked to the human papillomavirus can safely receive lower-dose radiation therapy without compromising their chances of survival.

This approach would spare many patients from debilitating, often lifelong side effects of radiation treatment, such as trouble swallowing, loss of taste and thyroid problems - but more long-term follow up of patients is needed, said lead study author Dr. Anthony Cmelak, a professor of radiation oncology at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Another federally funded study showed that it is safe to stop the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins in cancer patients with a life expectancy of less than a year. It estimated that the move would save around $603 million in the United States. Commonly used statins include atorvastatin, sold by Pfizer under the brand name Lipitor.

The study found that discontinuing statins, which are used to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, did not shorten survival, but did reduce incidence of cancer symptoms, including pain, depression, nausea and tiredness.

"We now have evidence that discontinuing certain medications is safe, specifically, in the case of the widely prescribed statin drugs, and can improve quality of life for patients," Dr Patricia Ganz, a Los Angeles hematologist and American Society of Clinical Oncology expert, said in a statement. (Reporting By Deena Beasley; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)


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DEA Employee, Contractor Husband Admit To Faking Kidnapping Plot

WASHINGTON -- An employee of the Drug Enforcement Administration and her contractor husband pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to FBI agents after pretending the husband's children were the target of a kidnapping plot.

Nydia Perez and John Soto, both 44 and residents of Haymarket, Virginia, were working in the United States Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, back in December when they made up a kidnapping plot against Soto's kids. They even had an email sent to the embassy that showed photos of the children "engaged in various everyday activities in order to enhance the seriousness of the threat," according to court documents.

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This Ugly Duckling Blossomed Into A Beaut Thanks To Stranger Who Wouldn't Give Up On Him

Meet Goose, an adorable waterfowl who is clearly one lucky duck.

Goose's owner, Oliver Roberts, found the little guy trying to hatch out of his shell on February 11, in an animal park in Australia. Roberts, a worker at the park, heard chirping coming from bushes by a pond, and found the egg with a hole in it, he told The Huffington Post in an email. The mother duck had abandoned the struggling duckling and was with her other newly hatched babies in another part of the park.

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